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Sunnyvista is the fifth album by Richard and Linda Thompson, released in 1979, by Chrysalis Records. After the artistic mismatch of the previous year's comeback album, First Light, the Thompsons made greater use on this album of backing musicians with whom they had previously worked.
After their 1979 album Sunnyvista had sold poorly, Richard and Linda Thompson found themselves without a record deal. In the spring of 1980 they toured as the support act for Gerry Rafferty and in June of that year they recorded some demo tracks at Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire.
11 de sept. de 2020 · Hard Luck Stories, an eight-CD compendium of Richard and Linda Thompson’s work together, could have been entitled “Portrait of a Marriage”.
29 de abr. de 2021 · RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON ” Rafferty’s Folly ” Bootleg. The Thompsons were without a record contract in 1980, when Gerry Rafferty offered to finance an album for them with his “Baker Street” producer Hugh Murphy. The sessions yielded 10 tracks – and Richard later rejected them all.
Gerry Rafferty had booked the Thompsons as the support act for his 1980 tour, and had also used Richard as a session player on his Night Owl album. Rafferty offered to finance the recording of a new Richard and Linda Thompson album which he would then use to secure a contract for the Thompsons. [34]
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17 de sept. de 2020 · Fellow British folk rocker Gerry Rafferty offered to bankroll a new album, but Richard bristled at the “Baker Street” hitmaker pushing his duo too far into the middle of the road.
